From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932418AbWDDJ2j (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Apr 2006 05:28:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932422AbWDDJ2i (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Apr 2006 05:28:38 -0400 Received: from wohnheim.fh-wedel.de ([213.39.233.138]:34690 "EHLO wohnheim.fh-wedel.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932418AbWDDJ2h (ORCPT ); Tue, 4 Apr 2006 05:28:37 -0400 Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 11:28:32 +0200 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F6rn?= Engel To: Andrew Morton Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, "H. Peter Anvin" , "Eric W. Biederman" , David Woodhouse , Thomas Gleixner , Simon Evans Subject: [Patch 1/3] Immediatly deprecate blkmtd Message-ID: <20060404092832.GB12277@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> References: <20060404092628.GA12277@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20060404092628.GA12277@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Deprecate blkmtd. Reasoning is described in the patch itself. Signed-off-by: Jörn Engel --- Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) --- blkmtd/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt~blkmtd_deprecation 2006-04-04 10:55:42.000000000 +0200 +++ blkmtd/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt 2006-04-04 11:03:56.000000000 +0200 @@ -246,3 +246,17 @@ Why: The interface no longer has any cal Who: Nick Piggin --------------------------- + +What: blkmtd +When: April 2006 +Files: drivers/mtd/devices/blkmtd.c +Why: o An alternative exists that hasn't had bug report for > 1 year. + o Most embedded people tend to use ancient kernels with custom patches + from mtd cvs and elsewhere, so the 1 year warning period neither + helps nor hurts them too much. + o It's in the way of klibc. The problems caused by pulling blkmtd + support are fairly low, while the problems caused by delaying klibc + can be fairly substantial. At best, this would be a severe burden + on hpa's time. + +Who: Joern Engel